Oyne is a parish in the Garioch district of Aberdeenshire. It is bounded by Insch, Culsalmond, Rayne, Chapel of Garioch, Monymusk, Keig, and Premnay. (1867: The Imperial Gazetteer of Scotland, by John Marius Wilson).
Oyne
PRE-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
POST-REFORMATION GOVERNANCE:
Oyne was a prebend of Aberdeen.
Disjoined Quoad Sacra Parishes:
Blairdaff. A chapel was opened at Blairdaff, 9 June 1839. The parish of Blairdaff was disjoined from Chapel of Garioch, Monymusk, and Oyne, 15 March 1895.
Includes ministers, licentiates, assistants, readers, and clerks.
Oyne (QO)
Blairdaff (QS)
(1928: Fasti Ecclesiæ Scoticanæ, by Hew Scott, D. D.)
Parish registers turned over to the Registrar-General, as a result of the Registration of Births, Deaths, and Marriages (Scotland) Act of 1854. The letters B. D. and M. indicate Births (or Baptisms), Deaths (or Burials), and Marriages (or Proclamations of Banns) respectively. Numbers indicate separate volumes or books. Note: These records are by no means complete or without damage; consult the Detailed List of the Old Parochial Registers of Scotland (1872) to learn more about the condition of the records.
| OPR and RD Numbers | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date Range | Name | Number | Type |
| 1703-1854 | Oyne | 230 | OPR |
| 1855-1967 | Oyne | 230 | RD |
| 2009 | Aberdeenshire, Insch | 318 | RD |
| 2026 | Aberdeenshire Council; Bennachie Community Council | ||
(2009: Parishes and Registration Districts of Scotland - Old and New, National Records of Scotland)
Local community councils (2026) are provided as a potential source of additional information for settlements within the original boundaries of the parish. (Source)
Statistics from informal and official censuses
Anderson, Benzie, Christie, Milne, Reid, Scott, Smith, Stewart, Taylor, Young
Note: Names appearing in research materials, other than censuses. Simple names (First name, surname only) have been omitted unless they appear associated with large properties. All women's names, and men's names with occupations, military ranks, or peerage titles are included.
By the Reverend Mr Alexander Cushny, Minister.
"The population, at present is nearly the same that it was 40 years ago. Number of souls in 1793, 630. Of these there are 5 wrights, 3 weavers, 2 wheel-wrights, 1 tailor, 4 smiths, 2 merchants, 1 mason, and 5 shoemakers. Most of the women in this district are employed in knitting stockings, and very few in spinning at the lint wheel. The people, in general, are regular and industrious, and mostly employed in farming. There is not one ale-house in the parish."
(This section contains excerpts, at times restructured or paraphrased, from an article appearing in Statistical Account of Scotland, Sir John Sinclair, 1791-1799)
Primary Sources:
Statistical Account of Scotland (1791-1799), Volume 15, p. 105
New Statistical Account of Scotland (1834-1845), Volume 12, p. 634
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